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Words by Barrah T Al-Badry Photos by Renée Bennett Standing amongst the sold out crowd tonight, it was easy to say the anticipation was infectious. After astellar year with their new album Smile, Newcastle NX welcomed the Welsh metal reggae fusion bandto its stage. Opening the evening was the ever amazing Cody Frost fresh off …

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Words and photos by Francis Fitzgerald For starters, I should say that superstar pop divas are a little outside my comfort zone, but I was invited to review the Ellie Goulding show and was more than pleasantly surprised. If anyone says they don’t know any of her catalogue, they are probably wrong. Nearly every song …

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Folk music for today, what’s that then? Playing the old songs in new ways? Playing new songs in the old ways? Maybe the one tradition that’s certain is that the discussions will circle on and the definitions remain distant while the possibilities of the folk labelled soundscape remain endless. Step up once more Jayne Dent …

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You might call it folktronica, ‘nu’, dark or weird folk, whatever, Jayne Dent (aka ME LOST ME) makes music of singular quality and significant distinction that simply crosses any divide. Intriguingly experimental and enticingly non-traditional, ME LOST ME music occupies those same rubbly furrows as Caroline or Shovel Dance Collective, following a course set by …

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Backseat DownunderMusicPremiereTrack / Video

We are overjoyed to premiere the new single ‘Ordinary Ways from North Arm, the project of Novocastrian (NSW) Roderick Smith. The first release since North Arm’s ‘Bring The Daylight’ album back in 2021 (see our review here), ‘Ordinary Ways’ is a slow burning and yet intense track filled with dappling instrumentation sofly swelling underneath Smith’s …

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Backseat DownunderMusicPremiereTrack / Video

We are very pleased to premiere the new single ‘One Last Dance’ from Mulubinba/Newcastle based indie-folk artist Bree Rusev: a dreamy floating acoustic-based slice of melancholic sunshine. Dappling guitars and a shuffling percussion form a vibrant undercurrent while Rusev’s soft and ethereal vocals skip across the surface: displaying a dizzying range and a yearning expression …

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Backseat DownunderMusicNewsTrack / Video

Hailing from Awabakal / Newcastle, dust have announced their debut EP ‘et cetera, etc’ on 29 March and provided a very enticing taste of what to expect with their new single ‘Joy (Guilt)’. Travelling a very similar path to bands such as Fontaines D.C., The Murder Capital and Idles, but with a distinctly antipodean blush, …

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GalleryLive ReviewMusic

By Adam Littlemore Wow what a night it was at Northumbria University with a sold out show and the whole crowd being excited to see their favourite band in such amazing beautiful venue. Support came from The Dream Machine who filled the venue with their amazing sound with pounding drums and fabulous textures from the …

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Welcome back Jayne Dent! From Newcastle, you may know her a little better as Me Lost Me, and she’s back with new music from her electro-folk project, on the heels of October’s ‘Seedlings/Daydreaming’ single. This time, it’s the lead single from a new record – and we’re premiering the video! Dent’s third album is called …

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With a change of venue from The Riverside to The Think Tank’s more intimate setting, Ginger Wildheart’s return to Geordie land with new band The Sinners was set to be a highlight of my month. With the release of the bands self titled debut album (read our review here) plenty of hardcore Wildheart fans turned …

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